Charma Jasper










Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Charma Jasper is a mottled mustard yellow with intrusions of white quartz.

Texture: Fine grain
Luster: Vitreous

Translucency:  Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

Patina:

Heat Treatment: 

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Charma Jasper has primary outcroppings in the lower Charma Valley of Colorado

 

Projectile point made from this material:




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Commonly made projectile point from this material:
Archaeological Context:
Most commonly used for Folsom points